welch

Plural: welches

Verb

Verb Forms: welched, welching, welches

• To fail to honor a debt or obligation; to default.
• cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
• To fail to repay a small debt.
• To fail to fulfill an obligation.

Noun

• A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.

Examples

• He tried to welch on his promise to play another Scrabble game.
• She's a welch. That watering-can isn't hers: I lent it to her three years ago.

Synonyms

welsh, welcher

Anagrams of welch